Faience aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a fish
The fish has been identified as a native Egyptian species, tilapia nilotica.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1941
6th century B.C.
Faience
5.7 x 11.1cm
41.162.122
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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